Book of the Dead, pLondon BM 10793

nn ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n zꜣṯ n[,j] sbꜣ{,t} pn nn js ḏd.n =k rn =j

'You shall not enter over me,' says the floor of this gate, 'unless you have said my name.'

j{ꜣ}wꜣ n[,j] Gbb rn =k

'Ox of Geb' is your name.

nn wn =j n =k j.n qr,t{.pl} n[,j].t sbꜣ{,t} pn nn js ḏd =k rn =j

'I will not open for you,' says the bolt of this gate, 'unless you say my name.'

sꜣḥ n[,j] jwn-mw,t≡f rn =k

'Toe of Iunmutef' is your name.

nn wn =j n =k nn ḏi̯ =j ꜥq =k ḥr =j j.n jr,j-{z}[ꜥꜣ] n[,j] sbꜣ{,t} pn nn js ḏd =k rn =j

'I will not open for you, I will not let you enter past me,' says the doorkeeper of this gate, 'unless you say my name.'

qb[b],t pw n[,j].t Šw rn =k m zꜣ Wsjr rn =k

'It is the Coolness(?) of Shu' is your name; 'In the Protection of Osiris' is your name.

ḏd st n jꜥꜣ,w{.pl} Tꜣ,du

Say it, then, to the Interpreter of the Two Lands.

ptr sw

Who is he?

jꜥꜣ[,w] Tꜣ,du {Tj}[Ḏ]ḥw,[t]j pw

It is Thoth, the Interpreter of the Two Lands.

m =k wj j.n {Tj}[Ḏ]ḥw,[t]j

'Here I am,' says Thoth.

jy.n =k r-m

'Why have you come?'

jy.n =j ꜥꜣ

'I have come here.'

pt{r}j ḫr[,t] =k

'What is your condition?'

jw =j wꜥb.kw m ḫw[w] ḫwi̯.kw m šnṯ,t n[,j.t] jm,j-h{ꜣ}[rw]≡f

'I am pure from evil, protected from the strife of those who are in their days.'

nn ṯw m-m =sn

'You are not among them.

smj.y =j ṯw jrf [n] m

To whom, then, shall I report you?'

smj.y =k wj n hꜣy,t m sḏ,t jnb =st m jꜥrꜥ,t!! ꜥnḫ[.t] wnn zꜣṯ pr =f m nwy

'You shall report me to the one whose ceiling is of fire, whose walls are living uraei, and the floor of whose house is in the flood.'

{zbi̯}[zj] pt{r}j

'Who is he?'

Wsjr pw

'It is Osiris.'

wḏꜣ jr =k

'Proceed, then.

m =k ṯw smj.tw

See, you are reported.'

jri̯.t mj ḫpr.w wsḫ,t tn n[,j].t Mꜣꜥ,tj wꜥb[.w] tw{r}j[.w] wnḫ[.w] m ḥbs n-mꜣw,t {d}[ṯ]b.w m ṯbw,t ḥḏ.t sdm[.w] jr,t.j =f m wꜣḏ,w msdm[,t] wrḥ[.w] m tp,j ꜥntjw wdn.n =f tʾ ḥ[n]q,t jḥ.pl ꜣpd.pl snṯr ḥr sḏ,t sm,w ḥtp.w

To be done in accordance with what happens in this hall of the Two Truths: [one who is] pure and clean, dressed in new clothing, shod in white sandals, his eyes painted with green eye-paint and black eye-paint, anointed with the finest myrrh, having offered bread, beer, cattle, fowl, incense on the fire, herbs and offerings.

jsk jri̯.n =k sšm[,w] pn ḥr zꜣṯ {t}[p]n wꜥb[.w] m ztj sẖkr.w m ꜣḥ,t n,tj nn ḫnd šꜣj.pl ḥr =f

Now, you shall make this picture on ground that is clean, done in yellow ochre and overlaid with field soil on which no pigs have trodden.

jr jrr mḏꜣ,t tn ḥr =f wnn ={ꜣ}[f] wꜣḏ[.w]

As for the one who makes this book for himself, he will flourish,

ms =f wꜣḏ[.w] ḥn!! =f

and his children will flourish with him.

wnn =f m mḥ-jb n[,j] nsw,t ḥnꜥ šnw,yt =f

He will be in the confidence of the king and of his courtiers.

jw ḏi̯ =tw n =f šns ds wr jwf ḥr ḫꜣw,t{.pl} nṯr-ꜥꜣ

There will be given to him a šns-loaf, a great ds-jug and meat on the altar of the great god.

nn šnꜥ.tw =f ḥr sbꜣ{sbꜣ} nb n[,j] jmn,tt

He will not be turned back at any gate of the West.

sṯꜣ.tw =f ḥnꜥ nsw.y,t-bj,tj.w

He will be ushered in with the kings of Upper and Lower Egypt.

wnn =f m šms,w n[,j] Wsjr m šs-mꜣꜥ r ḥḥ n[,j] zp

He will be in the following of Osiris. Truly correct, a million times.

sštꜣ pw n[,j] dwꜣ,t bz{,wt} štꜣ n[,j] ẖr,t-nṯr gmi̯.y m ꜥḥ{,t} wr n[,j] ḥw,t-ꜥꜣ,t ḫr ḥm n[,j] nswt-bj,tj Zm.pl,t(?) mꜣꜥ-ḫrw m gmi̯.y m qrr,t n[,j].t ḏw m jri̯.tn Ḥr[,w] n jti̯ =f Wsjr-Wnn-nfr ꜥnḫ[.w] ḏ,t

It is a mystery of the Duat, a secret initiation of the necropolis, found in the great palace of the Mansion of the Great One in the time of the majesty of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Semti(?), justified, as something found in the cavern of the mountain, as that which Horus made for his father Osiris-Wennefer, living forever.